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Title

The Power of Visualization: Notes from a Mathematica Course
Author

Stan Wagon
Organization: Macalester College
Department: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
URL: http://www.stanwagon.com/
Book information

Publisher: Front Range Press
Copyright year: 1994
ISBN: 0963167839
Medium: Paperback
Pages: 117
Out of print?: N
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Contents

Mathematica Objects and How They Interact | Calculus Examples | Three-Dimensional Graphics | Visualizing Number Theory | Interpolation and Differential Equations | Miscellaneous
Description

Notes from a course aimed at college teachers to show how Mathematica can be used to visualize abstract constructions and concepts in mathematics. Emphasizes calculus, but also contains examples from number theory, differential equations, and numerical analysis.
Subject

*Applied Mathematics > Visualization